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package edu.cmu.lti.lexical_db;

import java.util.Collection;

import edu.cmu.lti.lexical_db.data.Concept;

public interface ILexicalDatabase {

	Concept getMostFrequentConcept(String word, String pos);

	Collection<Concept> getAllConcepts(String word, String pos);

	Collection<String> getHypernyms(String synset);

	Concept findSynsetBySynset( String synset );
	
	//to offset. 
	//TODO: synset.toString()?
	String conceptToString( String synset );

	Collection<String> getGloss( Concept synset, String linkString );
	
}
